Golfdom, May 2013

TOCA AWARDS Golfdom nabs nine including blog and feature CALL FOR APPLICATIONS SYNGENTA PROGRAM ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS For the fifth year Syngenta is inviting superintendents from across the United States to apply to attend the Syngenta Business Institute an innovative professional business development program developed in conjunction with Wake Forest University School of Business This years SBI will take place Dec 6 9 on the Wake Forest campus in Winston Salem N C Workshop sessions focus on financial and human resource management delegation skills effective communications and negotiation skills managing generational differences and more Superintendents can apply by filling out an essay at greencastonline com Approximately 25 superintendents will be chosen PORTLAND ORE It was a rewarding evening for Golfdom magazine Upon the conclusion of the annual Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association awards ceremony Golfdom walked away with nine TOCA awards Golfdom earned two first place awards one for general feature article for 2012 s The Guys Got Guts and Goats by Seth Jones and another for new media for the Golfdom Daily the magazines daily blog golfdom blogspot com The magazine also won seven merit awards for photography Like Father Unlike Son and Healing Power Carrie Parkhill Wallace for design Golfdom Gallery Carrie Parkhill Wallace for ornamental feature article A Course Built on Sacred Ground by Karl Danneberger Ph D for product information article All Zoysias are Not Created Equal by Ben Wherley Ph D for original content on the web The Guys Got Guts and Goats by Jones and operations profile Enemy at the Gates by Stacie Zinn Roberts LELY BROADCAST SPREADERS Accurate Dependable www lelyusa com 888 245 4684 READER JOKE AS TOLD BY P J McGuire CGCS American Country Club Comedians supplier of golf entertainment Visit acccomedy com to learn more A married couple are playing the No 12 hole at their local club when the wife hits a big slice to the far right side of the hole behind a big barn After looking at the lie the husband suggests that if they open the doors on each side of the barn a decent hit would have her back in the fairway But for the shot to work hed have to hold open the door closest to her ball They go through with the plan When the wife hits the ball her slight miss directly hits her husband in the head killing him instantly Many months later the widow is again playing No 12 with some friends when her tee shot again slices ending up behind the same barn Her partner suggests if they open the doors and she holds the one closest a good shot would have her right back in the fairway The widow shakes her head no explaining that the last time shed done this shed taken a nine on the hole 10 Golfdom May 2013 Golfdom com

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